Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.--

Anger does not change the fact. The will to take control is everything.

It's the problem with having a logical mind and giving women the same credit for ability as men, he mused as he dismounted. You can't contrive reasons to keep them safe.

Slogans seem to be dead

it is easier to induce national governments to discriminate against foreign producers than to defend the interests of domestic consumers

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care.

I can give you a better 'and then'," Ranger said.

Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified.

Never underestimate the value of an idea. Every positive idea has within its potential for success if it is managed properly.